Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-16
A DIS1ILLERY BURNED,

Kissing Spirits and Tumbiing Ma
sOnry Add Terrors to the Scene.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Jan. 15.-At 8
O'Clock this morning an alarm OF ire
called the department to the Terre Haute
distillery, where fire was found raging in
the upper floor OF the main building in
which where the wine and beer rooms
and wine watts. 1t was found impossible
10 reach the fire with The stream, and for
tie time being the efforts of the hremen
were turned to saving surrounding build
lngs IRON destruction. About 1000 tons
Of nay wera racked in the yard cOntiguou
to the building. Inc fremen repeatedly
extingu'shed flames which haG started
in the roofs OF dwelling houses adjacent.
The are burned north and south through
the building. The roar OF toe flames and
the Kissing OF the burning LIQUOR was
fearful. The crashing of the punderous
watts. rectllylng apparatus, stills. and all
the network of machinery was appa ling.
At 1870 O'clock the upper floors and the
walls OF the south wing went down into
the seething mass of fire with thunder,
Gus crash that made she ground trrmDle.
The fire spread downward through
the building and soon the boiler re, m was
burning from end 10 end. Tremendous
clouds of spRrks ard living Goals OF lre
He'd the arr snd " ere spread broadcast
by the wind. Great # ars were enter.
famed for the safety OF tue bonded ware
house. hut 1t was saved from destTuc-
tIGn. In the building We're not less than
$500 gallons of hign wines and 10000
gallons of low wines and rectltied
WHISKY. a large amount oil rye, matt
aud oats We're ia store, and also about
10000 bushels OF corn. The build.
lag from top to bottom is a total
wreck. James NuIent, the wGtchman, g
supposed to nave been buried in tue ruins,
as ne cannot be found. Crawford Fair
banks, tue prlncipa. owner, estimates tue
loss at about 100000. The Insurance
will aggregate about $4,000. The build.
inv Will be rebuilt as soon as possible. At
8 O'Clock this morning "a r. was nothing
andlng except one brick wall. Oue
year ago this month boiler explosion at
the distllery allied seven men AID caused
heavy damage to the property.
DEAD IN HIS ENGINE ROOM.
PROVIDENCE, K. l., Jan. l5.-Fire
broke out IN the engine room of tne cleo.
trio lighting works about O'Clock this
morning. WI the tremeu arrived the
dead body Of Engineer Higgins was found
just inside tn door o the engine room.
James O'Br,en WAS found terribly burn
ed all over the body and out of his mind.
he had either come IN contact with a
pow erful current or had been enveloDed
by -reat body OF fame. His injuries
VIII result fatally. Toe fire was ex.
tinsuished witu but very little damage.
BLAZE AT DENVER.
DENVER, Jan. Is The Clifford block,
three.story buid NJ owned by W. B.
Daniels, was compile ely burned this at.
TEL noon. Tue ground floors were Occu.
pied by knislt Il AtmOre, clotni-rs, VINO
r.
dealer IN emma and queens" are. VIII Sc
stock was also total destroyed. The
contents Of the upper floors, occupied al
offices and lodging rooms, were IN irely
dvsirO> ed. Tue stock OF j. G. Kiluat-
rlck's furniture house, adj lluing the
bu' ned building, was damaged b. water
and smoke. The losses are estimated as
follows: Knight Il Atmore $4,000. In
sured or $26 800; &. Douglass $4,000 to
$4,000, insured S34 500; Offices and lodg.
m rooms $l6,0OO To Sa0,0OO. psrtia ly IN.
sured; W. Is. Daniels n building $40 0O0,
luly insured. Mr.. kIlpatrIck's loss is
fully covered by insurance.
PENGrRNTGARY IN FLAMES.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. ia special
dated this eyeains states that Ia state
penitentlary at Frankfort is IN flames
Ibe rnure building. vita its contents,
Will b. destroy ed. The prisoners are
al locked in tie cell house, which IS
separate from the barning Cui ng and is
budt OF stone aud tre-pr)of. Ine 0und.
in aud It's contents is roughly
estimated AZ S6j, 1000. There is SAD Va
be only $4,000 Insurance.
A CIRCUS ABLAzE.
LONDON. jan. Is, 3 A. "A dispatch
from Bucharest ga, > the >idoli circus WAS
Ia flames. aud It vas feared the con1a.
grafton would spread.